Ah, the Mona Lisa. I have a funny story. When I saw the most famous painting in the world, I thought it was big. Why is this funny? Because everyone had told me how tiny it is, before I saw it. It is true that compared to Boticellli’s Birth of Venus or The Nightwatch by Rembrandt,…
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.”–Aristotle
Hello! It’s time for Friday Fun! Have you ever wondered where the phrase “a good square meal” came from? Or how about, “the upper crust“? These phrases are connected and come from the Medieval table. Pull up a stool, to a time before forks were used in Europe. Forks were first introduced from Byzantium (who…
Sutter’s Mill, where gold was first discovered in California in 1848, is one of the first historic places I remember visiting as an eager elementary school student. Colonial Williamsburg is another such location. In both places history surged to life. To walk among the stones and roads where history really occurred ignited something in me….
Hello! I’ve decided to make Wednesdays “Writer Wednesday” where I’ll talk about another writer. This past weekend, I read a book that I’ve been wanting to read for some time. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society charmed me. Because this is not a new book, much has already been written about it in terms…
Historical Fiction infuses color into the black and white of the historic prologue. With historic events as the prologue to my stories, it is up to me to try to color them with authenticity, to bring the faded pages into vivid focus. Budapest View from 1935 To the left is a photo of Budapest from…
Welcome! Here begins “Past is Prologue”. When deciding on a name for my blog, I was given pause. I think that titles for books are at times easier. Then, it hit me. I write (prologue) historical fiction (past). Also, “What’s past is prologue” happens to be from The Tempest by William Shakespeare- one of my…